Love, Devils and the Blues is an album of blues music. Some of these themes have been with me for years. Others originated from spaces that I didn’t realize I traveled. Some are clearly influenced by other musicians. There are titles that are combinations of styles and techniques from different sources that when combined hopefully yield a new sound and texture.

Song Samples:

1. Love, Devil and the Blues

2. A Heart Much Obliged*

3. The Windblown Star

4. Trainfare Blues

5. Return to Little Rock*

6. Bottleneck Delight

7. The Vamp of Oblivion*

8. Descending Into The Jaws of Change

9. Granddad Clough and Kirkhamgate Jim

10. Cactus Boogie*

11. Memories of Perls

12. Stompin' on the Tappahannock*

13. Jo and Her Daughters*

14. Charged and Ready

15. Late Night Apollo Blues*

16. Ode to Mississippi John Hurt*

17. Love, Devil and the Blues, Part 2

This CD is a re-issue album. It was first released in 1988.

This new enhanced CD edition includes a 38 page tab/music PDF booklet on the CD. Those tunes marked with a star (*) are included in the PDF booklet on the CD.

Review: The huge success Stefan has had as a teacher has relatively overshadowed the fact that he is a superlative musician in his own right, both as stylist, preservationist and performer. He is simply an amazing guitarist with a seemingly infinite knowledge of many esoteric, archaic or nearly forgotten styles, techniques, and tunings. Stefan Grossman can really play… He has many dozens of superlative albums out, encompassing a vast collection of traditional blues songs. He recorded with Paul Simon, John Fahey, Charlie Musselwhite, and Happy Traum. He was heavily involved with with Shanachie Records of Newton, NJ, recording Shining Shadows (1988), Guitar Landscapes (1990), Love, Devils & the Blues (1992) and Shake That Thing: Fingerpicking Country Blues (1998) for the label.

Indeed, when it comes to keeping the blues alive, vibrant and exciting, there are few people who can claim such an overall prolific body of work as Stefan Grossman. – TheCountryBlues.com